UNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko Nezokuvakasha WaseNdiya uPrahalad Singh Patel ngoMgqibelo wethule ukukhanya kwe-LED okokuqala ngqa e-Qutb Minar yomlando. Ngokukhanya, ubuhle besakhiwo setshe lesikhumbuzo sangekhulunyaka le-12 buzobonisa ubukhosi baso obungokomlando ngemva kokushona kwelanga.
Ekhuluma emcimbini, uPatel uthe: "I-Qutub Minar ingesinye sezibonelo ezinkulu zesiko lethu, ukuthi itshe lesikhumbuzo elakhiwa ngemuva kokudilizwa kwamathempeli ethu angama-27 ligujwa njengeGugu Lomhlaba, ngisho nangemva kwenkululeko."
Ekhuluma ngensika yensimbi enobude obungamamitha angu-24 ukuphakama kule nxanxathela, uthe "lidala amakhulu eminyaka kunetshe lesikhumbuzo futhi linikeza isampula yobunkimbinkimbi bethu ukuthi alikaze ligle ngisho nangemva kwe-1,600 yokuba khona kwalo obala".
Ukukhanya okusha kuhlanganisa ukukhanya okugqamisa i-silhouette yetshe lesikhumbuzo nokuhlangana kokukhanya nomthunzi. Isikhathi sokukhanyisa sizosuka ku-7pm siye ku-11pm.
Yakhiwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-13 amakhilomitha ambalwa eningizimu ye-Delhi, umbhoshongo we-sandstone obomvu we-Qutb Minar ungama-72.5 m ukuphakama, usuka ku-2.75 m ububanzi ekuphakameni kwawo kuya ku-14.32 m esisekelweni sawo, kanye nokushintshashintsha kwama-angular kanye nama-fluting ayindilinga. Indawo ezungezile yemivubukulo iqukethe izakhiwo zemingcwabo, ikakhulukazi iSango le-Alai-Darwaza elihle, ubuciko bobuciko be-Indo-Muslim (elakhiwa ngo-1311), kanye nama-mosque amabili, okuhlanganisa ne-Quwwatu'l-Islam, endala kunazo zonke enyakatho ye-India, eyakhiwe izinto ezisetshenziswa kabusha ezivela kumathempeli angama-20 aseBrahman.
